#EEC65D#EEC65D

#EEC65D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.131 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC65D
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 93)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 60.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.49, 2.50, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.49, 56.80, 87.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% 0.0036 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.131 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.4326, 59.3589, 18.7861)
Luminance	0.5936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC65D #5D85EE

analogous

#EE7D5D #EEC65D #CEEE5D

triadic

#EEC65D #5DEEC6 #C65DEE

tetradic

#EEC65D #5DEE7D #5D85EE #EE5DCE

square

#EEC65D #5DEE7D #5D85EE #EE5DCE

split-complementary

#EEC65D #5DCEEE #7D5DEE

monochromatic

#BD8E14 #E8B326 #EEC65D #F4D994 #FAEDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#EEC65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC65D

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC65D	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.131 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d78e',
    500: '#eec65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec65d;
$custom-light: #f7d78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84141,
    "c": 0.13093,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC65D

secondary

#3459BB

accent

#43DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC65D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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